Router Raizer

Overview

There's never been an easier or safer way to get quick depth-of-cut adjustments with your plunge router. The Router Raizer lets you work from both the topside and underside of your router table. With the Router Raizer no special insert is required (or included) - use any router plate from 3/16" to 1/2" thick will do the trick! Height adjustments are made with a speed wrench that fits through a small hole drilled through your insert plate. When hand-held, adjustments are made from the top with a knurled adjustment knob that also works with the speed wrench. Router Raizer includes all the necessary components, instructions, and templates you need to turn your plunge router into an easily adjustable Router Raizer. Slight modification to your router is required, but well worth the effort.

Will the Router Raizer work with my router?
Router Raizer* is designed to fit the following plunge routers.

Craftsman 27505

Craftsman 27506

Craftsman 27510

Craftsman 27511

DeWalt DW625

Elu 3337

Freud FT2000

Freud FT2000E

Hitachi M12V

Hitachi TR12

Hitachi M12V2

Makita 3612B

Makita 3612BR

Makite 3612C

Porter Cable 7538

Porter Cable 7529

Porter Cable 7539

Porter Cable 693

Porter Cable 693PK

Porter Cable 6931 base

Ryobi RE600

*Slight router modification is required.

What's included

Technical Details

Manufacturer Part Number: RZ100

Weight (lbs): 1.3000

Product Warnings

WARNING This product can expose you to chemicals which are known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/product

BEST ANSWER:Ken, I installed mine on a 6931 base and I don't know the difference from a 892. I can tell you that it works well, although you do need to keep the slides cleaned a lubed per the instructions. Installation was pretty straight forward. There was one hole that needed to be drilled that was a little hard to get perfect, but luckily it wasn't that critical.

BEST ANSWER:Ken, I installed mine on a 6931 base and I don't know the difference from a 892. I can tell you that it works well, although you do need to keep the slides cleaned a lubed per the instructions. Installation was pretty straight forward. There was one hole that needed to be drilled that was a little hard to get perfect, but luckily it wasn't that critical.

BEST ANSWER:I do not know but I bet "hairy" can figure out a way to fit the Router Raizer to his router. The Router Raizer did not fit my Black&Decker router but I had no trouble making adjustments in the instructions so that I have the Router Raizer installed now and it works, even though Black&Decker routers are not listed.

BEST ANSWER:I do not know but I bet "hairy" can figure out a way to fit the Router Raizer to his router. The Router Raizer did not fit my Black&Decker router but I had no trouble making adjustments in the instructions so that I have the Router Raizer installed now and it works, even though Black&Decker routers are not listed.

BEST ANSWER:I can not answer for any DeWalt routers. I did buy the Router Raizer to use with an old Black & Decker router that was not listed as a router that fit the Router Raizer. I was able to make adjustments, remove a couple parts on the router, and made the Router Raizer fit. The Router Raizer comes with instructions for fitting it to all sorts of routers and I was able to piece together instructions for a couple different routers in order to juryrig for my router. My bet is that you can jury rig the Router Raizer and your router to make it work -- I can not be certain, of course. Buying the Router Raizer does become a bit of a gamble for someone with a router that is not on the list. Good luck! roger . . . .

BEST ANSWER:I can not answer for any DeWalt routers. I did buy the Router Raizer to use with an old Black & Decker router that was not listed as a router that fit the Router Raizer. I was able to make adjustments, remove a couple parts on the router, and made the Router Raizer fit. The Router Raizer comes with instructions for fitting it to all sorts of routers and I was able to piece together instructions for a couple different routers in order to juryrig for my router. My bet is that you can jury rig the Router Raizer and your router to make it work -- I can not be certain, of course. Buying the Router Raizer does become a bit of a gamble for someone with a router that is not on the list. Good luck! roger . . . .

Can the tool still plunge easily or is this feature eliminated after modifications?

A shopper
on Aug 8, 2015

BEST ANSWER:I have a Mikita 3612. I had to do a lot of modifications, but was able to successfully get things set up. For my particular situation, the plunge feature has been disabled due to the hard connection for the raising ability. I would think this would be the same for other routers. I guess if the hard crank feature was disconnected, then you could use the plunge operation again. It would seem to me that the plunge feature would be pretty hard to control while the router was attached to the base and upside down. Good luck on your situation. Happy routing.

BEST ANSWER:I have a Mikita 3612. I had to do a lot of modifications, but was able to successfully get things set up. For my particular situation, the plunge feature has been disabled due to the hard connection for the raising ability. I would think this would be the same for other routers. I guess if the hard crank feature was disconnected, then you could use the plunge operation again. It would seem to me that the plunge feature would be pretty hard to control while the router was attached to the base and upside down. Good luck on your situation. Happy routing.

It can still plunge but since the springe is removed it does not return on its own which makes for an awkward plunge. With the router upside down in a table, using the handle to move it either up or down it works great.

Recently installed the Router Raizer. Took awhile to install, but very pleased with its performance. The plunge feature is eliminated with the install. Would still give the Router Raizer a 5 star rating.

BEST ANSWER:Don't know. I adapted mine to a Ryobi with no issues. It works very well. You may have to make up a template to fit the router to your insert. I would go on line and read the install instructions to see if they address the Freud.

BEST ANSWER:Don't know. I adapted mine to a Ryobi with no issues. It works very well. You may have to make up a template to fit the router to your insert. I would go on line and read the install instructions to see if they address the Freud.

BEST ANSWER:It's on the template or not. The three hp Ryobi I used was not on the router template and mounted it. The raizer works fine on my table without any issues. You could contact the manufacturers tech support with this question

BEST ANSWER:It's on the template or not. The three hp Ryobi I used was not on the router template and mounted it. The raizer works fine on my table without any issues. You could contact the manufacturers tech support with this question

BEST ANSWER:Hello, I'm sorry I could not say since I'm using a Freud 2000 and for me this is a very good tool, but I had to follow the instruction very closely as not to make any error. Thanks to Rockler to put that tool on their catalog. Good luck whit yours, I hope somebody would help you. Ray

BEST ANSWER:Hello, I'm sorry I could not say since I'm using a Freud 2000 and for me this is a very good tool, but I had to follow the instruction very closely as not to make any error. Thanks to Rockler to put that tool on their catalog. Good luck whit yours, I hope somebody would help you. Ray

Unfortunately,I have no knowledge of the Riobj routers. My router Razer is being installed on a Porter Csblr 7529. I started the installation, and had to back out for a short while as I needed to use that router in my table for a pressing project

BEST ANSWER:I have no idea. The kit was never installed because it was considered to complicated and contained too many parts as well as modification to the router. Just buy a compatible router for the purpose. A waste of money.

BEST ANSWER:I have no idea. The kit was never installed because it was considered to complicated and contained too many parts as well as modification to the router. Just buy a compatible router for the purpose. A waste of money.

Reviews

Like other reviewers, it took a couple hours to install but I'm amazed at how well it works. At one point I had parts laying all over the place and panic began to creep in, but it's pretty hard to mess things up. It seems like plunge routers ought to come out of the box with this type of setup, but that might just render the more expensive lift systems obsolete : I also have one other router lift system and the router raizer litterally performs just as well. In fact, I have found that the router raizer works a tad bit better. There isn't a ton of metal and belts and other stuff under the base plate capturing saw dust and making it sometimes difficult to change bits.

What a great concept! Took a little while to make the conversion but it wasn't difficult and well worth the effort! Make sure you have, at a minimum, the required tools list in the instructions before begining the modification.

For the price your getting a fantastic product. Any other router lift system sells around $400. Very well designed and thought out to adapt to most any plunge base. Since there are instructions for 3 Porter Cable bases and the instructions overlap you really have to pay attention. Anyone that can drill a hole, cut a spring, and turn a nut will find this effortless to assemble. Another great product provided by Rockler. Lovin' it!!!

An old saying I came across years ago: "If you don't know how it's simple awful. If you know how it's awfully simple." This applies to the Router Raizer. Spend time with the instructions. Read them twice if need be. The actual assembly of the Router Raizer is simple if you follow the instructions provided. The tool is a very nice lift. I found I understood the functions of my PC 690 Plunge Router a bit better by installing the Router Raizer. It works great on my Kreg router table and should be fine for any good table. I like how my accuracy in setting has improved. Would buy again!

I bought this lift a few months ago. It was fairly easy to set up. I'm so impressed with it that I plan to buy another for a second table. It's easy to assemble and works great. I did add an extension to make it easier to change bits above the table.

I set this up on a Bosch table with folding legs,fence, inserts etc. Bosch messed up when they discontinued this table. I purchased mine a number of years ago. The router I am using on the table is a Ryobi 600 that I picked up in a pawn shop for $30, complete, unused and with all accessories.The one thing I did differently was to make my own template from a scrap of clear plastic. That makes it easy to line up and drill the mounting plate. For a price of $104 the lift has exceeded my expectations. I may buy one more to set up my Porter Cable on another table.

The product works well and does what it is intended to do. I found problems with the installation instructions and, unlike some of the other reviewers, the instructions were not that easy to follow. I had an Hitachi TR-12 router and it did not exactly match the installation instructions and I ended up ruining a plastic collar. I did eventually get it set-up, although it took about 4 hours. I sent all of my typo corrections to the company, so perhaps they'll correct them.

Took about 2 hours to take apart my router and get the parts installed , but works great! Hardest part was getting the nut tightened on my router to make the plunge action work. Will be able to cut those large raised panels now with no problem, and less than half the price of a lift!

The Router Razier is a great product. Not a hard install but requires careful reading to do it right. Now on the other hand this was the worst customer service have ever had for this order. Took forever to get due to Rockler's error. They could have cared less and did nothing about it. I will never order from them again.

I got this a couple of months ago. The lift portion is great. My problem is the plastic insert&nbsp; in the tablwe plate I have is not flat and is not quite the right thickness to match the groove in the plate. Also&nbsp; my&nbsp;table is not flat so that I cannot get the plate and the table top to be coplanar and not have the plate rock. I ordered a second plastic insert, and it was slightly better. I need to more work on this.

What do see when you look at the picture of the item? Yes, you see a "nice" Rockler plate and you just "imagine" that your router is attached to it plus you see the crank handle and the screw that rises or lowers the router to the plate. I'm well aware (now) that the plate it's NOT INCLUDED, so when you open your package, there is that look on your face, yeah, that's it! I paid $100 (about) for a bunch of screws, washers, bushings (you'll get the picture) and a booklet that 90% it's for "other" routers that you could care less. The installation is not complicated, once you "weed out" all the parts that you DON'T NEED, BUT ACTUALLY PAID FOR THEM! And paid for them dearly you did, there are close to 40 parts in the kit. I counted 32 parts left after the installation was completed! If I sum up the total parts that I actually used, I can't price it NO more than $10 MAX, but I paid 10 times more for the concept and someones idea that, I assume is getting pennies on a dollar for it. Bottom line, it works. Would I buy another kit for my other plunger router: NO!!! Would I recommend to buy it, well, after you read this, you'll be the judge for it!